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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>GENESIS</span>
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CHAPTER 21
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Sarah bears Isaac—He is circumcised—Promises to Abraham preserved through Isaac—Hagar and her son cast out of Abraham’s household—The Lord saves Hagar and Ishmael—Abraham and Abimelech deal honorably with each other.
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And</span> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 30: 22 (22-23); 1 Sam. 2: 21.">visited</a> Sarah as he had said, and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> did unto <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/21/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 17: 19; Gen. 18: 10 (10, 14).">Sarah</a> as he had spoken.
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For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 24: 36.">son</a> in his <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/21/2b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Old Age.">old</a> age, at the set <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/21/2c" mark="c" type="A" title="Gen. 17: 21.">time</a> of which God had spoken to him.
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And Abraham called the name of his <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/3a" mark="a" type="C" title="Gen. 16: 15 (11, 15); 1 Chr. 1: 28; TG Seed of Abraham.">son</a> that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
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And Abraham <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Circumcision.">circumcised</a> his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
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And Abraham was an <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 17: 17.">hundred</a> years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
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&#182; And Sarah said, God hath made me to <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/6a" mark="a" type="G" title="The Heb. root tzachak means both ‘to laugh’ and ‘to rejoice’; thus there is double meaning implied in its use here; Gal. 4: 27; D&C 132: 56; TG Laughter.">laugh</a>, <i>so that</i> all that hear will laugh with me.
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And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck?  for I have born <i>him</i> a son in his <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 18: 12 (11-12).">old</a> age.
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And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the <i>same</i> day that Isaac was weaned.
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&#182; And Sarah saw the son of <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 16: 1.">Hagar</a> the Egyptian, which she had <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/21/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 16: 15.">born</a> unto Abraham, <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/21/9c" mark="c" type="A" title="Gal. 4: 29.">mocking</a>.
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Wherefore she said unto Abraham, <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gal. 4: 30.">Cast</a> out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/21/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 52: 2.">heir</a> with my son, <i>even</i> with Isaac.
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And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 17: 18.">son</a>.
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&#182; And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 17: 40; D&C 27: 10.">Isaac</a> shall thy <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/21/12b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Abrahamic Covenant; TG Seed of Abraham.">seed</a> be called.
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And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Seed of Abraham.">nation</a>, because he <i>is</i> thy seed.
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And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave <i>it</i> unto Hagar, putting <i>it</i> on her shoulder, and the child, and <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 25: 6.">sent</a> her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/21/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 21: 31.">Beer</a>-sheba.
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And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
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And she went, and sat her down over against <i>him</i> a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child.  And she sat over against <i>him,</i> and lift up her voice, and wept.
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And God heard the voice of the lad; and the <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Angels.">angel</a> of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar?  fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he <i>is.</i>
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Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Seed of Abraham.">nation</a>.
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And God <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 6: 20.">opened</a> her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
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And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 16: 12.">archer</a>.
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And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Marriage, Interfaith.">wife</a> out of the land of <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/21/21b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 16: 1.">Egypt</a>.
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&#182; And it came to pass at that time, that <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 20: 2 (1-16).">Abimelech</a> and <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/21/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 26: 26.">Phichol</a> the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/21/22c" mark="c" type="A" title="Gen. 26: 28.">God</a> <i>is</i> with thee in all that thou doest:
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Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: <i>but</i> according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
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And Abraham said, I will swear.
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And Abraham <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 26: 20.">reproved</a> Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/21/25b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 26: 15 (15-22).">had</a> violently taken away.
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And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I <i>of it,</i> but to day.
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And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 26: 31 (26-33).">made</a> a covenant.
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And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What <i>mean</i> these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
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And he said, For <i>these</i> seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 26: 15.">well</a>.
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Wherefore he called that place <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/31a" mark="a" type="E" title="IE The well of the oath, or well of seven; Gen. 21: 14 (14, 32); Gen. 26: 18, 33; Gen. 46: 1.">Beer</a>-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
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Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/32a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Gen. 21: 31-32 (Appendix).">then</a> Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
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&#182; And <i>Abraham</i> planted a <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/33a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR tamarisk.">grove</a> in Beer-sheba, and <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/21/33b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Prayer.">called</a> there on the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, the <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/21/33c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 40: 28; Rom. 16: 26; D&C 133: 34.">everlasting</a> God.
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And Abraham sojourned in the <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/21/34a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 10: 14; Gen. 26: 1.">Philistines</a>’ land many days.
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